Ophthalmomyiasis in a child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jan;21(1):82-3. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200201000-00024.

Abstract

A 4-year-old child presented with a 3-week history of left eye swelling. The periorbital inflammation was a result of a larva of the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis. Surgical extraction of the larva was curative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diptera / parasitology*
  • Eyelid Diseases / parasitology*
  • Eyelid Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Myiasis / pathology*
  • Myiasis / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome